CourtMesh

Section 48

Delhi Prisons Act,2000Union territory Act of Delhi · Act 2 of 2002

(1) The Superintendent shall have power to award any of the punishments enumerated above provided in the case of separate confinement for a period exceeding one month, the previous confirmation of the Inspector General shall be obtained.

(2) No officer subordinate to the Superintendent shall have power to award any punishment whatsoever.

(3) No punishment shall be imposed without judicial appraisal of Sessions Judge and where such intimation, on account of emergency, is difficult, such information shall be given within two days of the action.

(4) Any incident of serious or repeated misconduct by a prisoner facing trial may be intimated by the Superintendent to the trial court.

Punishments to be in accordance with foregoing sections

49. Except by order of a Court of Law, no punishment other than the punishments specified in the foregoing Sections shall be inflicted on any prisoner otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of those Sections.

Entries in punishment book

Where this provision sits

ActDelhi Prisons Act,2000
Section48
JurisdictionUnion territory of Delhi
StatusIn force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

  • Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
  • Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
  • Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
  • Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? Delhi Prisons Act,2000 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.